RSA 546-B:31 · Establishment of Support Order

546-B:31 Establishment of Support Order. –

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I.

If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:

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(a)

The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or

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(b)

The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.

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II.

The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:

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(a)

A presumed father of the child;

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(b)

Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;

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(c)

Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

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(d)

An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

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(e)

Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

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(f)

An acknowledged father as provided by New Hampshire law;

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(g)

The mother of the child; or

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(h)

An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

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III.

Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to RSA 546-B:16. Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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